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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae) » Thin-legged Wolf Spiders (Pardosa)
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Lycosidae(2) - Pardosa - female
Copyright © 2015 MJ Hatfield

Lycosidae(2) - Pardosa - Female
Highway 12, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
August 10, 2014
at a stop along the Highway 12 to look at rocks
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 6 January, 2015 - 8:25pm
Last updated 7 January, 2015 - 9:25am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Laura P., 6 January, 2015 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
And what are they up to?
… MJ Hatfield, 7 January, 2015 - 6:46am login or register to post comments

 
Looks like mating ...
though I'm not positive because I can't see the smaller spider's palps. Probably annoying for the female considering she already has an egg sac. Could also be the smaller spider is preying on the other one, but it looks more like mating.
… Laura P., 7 January, 2015 - 7:15am login or register to post comments

 
That's what I was wondering.
As if she doesn't have enough to pay attention to!
… MJ Hatfield, 7 January, 2015 - 7:39am login or register to post comments

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